#FromTheArchive: Economic Sciences Laureate Elinor Ostrom receives her prize on 10 December 2009. Ostrom was the first woman to receive the Prize in Economic Sciences. In four days time Esther Duflo will become the second when she collects her own prize in Stockholm. | Nobel Prize

"In high school, I was kept out of math because I was a girl." Elinor Ostrom overcame many obstacles to become an economist and scientist and in 2009 she became the first woman to be awarded the prize in economic sciences. Ostrom was awarded the 2009 prize in economic sciences “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons.” #NobelPrize | Nobel Prize